Ironing-board.



C. W. SPRINGFORD. A

IBONING BOARD.

PPLIOATION FILED AUG. 1, 1910.

Patented Mar. 21, l1911.

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CHARLES WILLIAM SPRINGFORD, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.

IRONING-BOARI).

Specification of Letters Patent. y Patented D131'. 21, 1911. Applicationfiled August 1, 1910.

Serial No. 574,942.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES WILLIAM SPRINGFORD, of the city of Toronto,in the county of York, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Boards, of which thefollowing is the specification.

My invention relates to improvements in ironing boards and the object ofthe invention is to devise a board, which may be used both as a sleeveand skirt board and which may be adjusted so as to be secured to anyheight of table or ledge and it consists essentially of a skirt boardprovided with a longitudinal notch in its broad end, a sleeve board thebroad end of which extends through the notch of the skirt board in aninclined direction and having grooves in each side thereof in proximityto the broad end, a ratchet rack secured to the face of the sleeveboa-rd next to the skirt board and designed to engage with the inner endof the notch of the skirt board and depending hangers provided with pinsextending inwardly and engaging with the grooves of the sleeve board ashereinafter more particularly described.

Figure l, is a perspective view of my ironing board secured to a tableand used as a skirt board. Fig. 2, is a similar view to Fig. l showingthe ironing board used as a sleeve board. Fig. 3, is an enlargedperspective view of the ironing board partially broken away and insection to exhibit the construction thereof. Fig. '4, is a frontelevation of the sleeve board. Fig. 5, is an enlarged sectional detailof the broad end yof the sleeve board and skirt board.

In the drawings like letters of reference indicate corresponding partsin each figure.

A is a table provided with the usual ledge A.

B is the skirt board provided with a notch B in its broad end.

C is the sleeve board which extends through the notch B of the skirtboa-rd and is provided with side grooves C and a ratchet rack C2.

C3 is a bracket provided with depending hangers secured to the skirtboard in proximity to the notch B. The hangers are provided withinwardly extending pins C4 engaging with longitudinal grooves C of thesleeve board.

E, F and Gr are pads of rubber or other suitable material designed toprevent the board when gripping the ledge of the table from marring thesurface of the table.

It will be readily seen that when I desire to use my device as shown inl as a sleeve board as shown in Fig. 2, all that it is necessary to dois to turn the board upside down, so that the broad end of the sleeveboard engages the under surface of the ledge of the table and the broadend of the skirt board engages the upper surface of the ledge of thetable.

To adjust the board to suit different heights of table all that it isnecessary to do is to slide the skirt board longitudinally of the sleeveboard and the pins C4 of the grooves C,so that the edge of the notch Bengages with another of the series of teeth of the rack C2.

What I claim as my invention is:

l. A combined skirt board and sleeve board comprising a skirt boardhaving a notch in its broad end, a sleeve board provided withlongitudinal grooves at each side thereof, engaging pins connected tothe skirt board and entering the grooves of the sleeve board, and aratchet rack between the sleeve board and the edge of the notch of thesikt board, as and for the purpose speci- 2. A combined skirt board andsleeve board comprising a sleeve board, a ratchet rack secured to thesleeve board, a skirt board having an end notch engaging the ratchetrack of the sleeve board, and slid- Iable pivotal connectingV meansbetween the and a ratchet rack secured to the sleeve 10 sleeve' boardand. the skirt board, asgand for board and engaging the edge of thenotch of the purpose specified. Y Vthe skirt board, as and for thepurpose speci- 3. A combined ironing board and sleeve vied.

board comprising a' skirt boardfprovided with a notohin its broad end`and depending CHARLES WILLIAM SPRINGFORD hangershalvlnginwardly'extendingpins, a `Witnesses: sleeve board provided With sidegrooves into B. BOYD,

u which` thel pins of the skirt board extend, H. PRESTON.

i Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

, Washington, D. c.

